Manufacturing

Sussex-based magazine and catalog printer Quad/Graphics Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $25.8 million, or 53 cents per share, down from $60.7 million, or $1.24 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Spancrete, a Waukesha-based provider of precast, prestressed concrete products and solutions, has opened a new production plant in Newnan, Ga.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. recently introduced two new engine innovations.

Following the state Senate’s approval of the right-to-work bill on Feb. 25, Gov. Scott Walker told reporters the next day that it is one more tool manufacturers have to make the case to come to Wisconsin.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. has announced it will end its distribution agreement with Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada and begin directly distributing to independent Canadian dealers.

Every organization has communication problems and disconnects. Oftentimes, the breakdown of strategic execution is not within a single layer of the organization, but between layers. For proper execution, the strategy -- along with any necessary course corrections -- must be well communicated between layers of the organization.

The Manufacturing Institute announced that it will award two women employees from Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. at its STEP Awards reception in Washington, D.C., on March 26.

Manufacturing activity in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois continued to grow more slowly in February, according to a new report.

The 2014 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards banquet took place Feb. 26 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, where HUSCO International Inc. of Waukesha won a Grand Award in the mega category and General Plastics Inc. of Milwaukee took home a Grand Award in the small category.

Milwaukee-based headphone manufacturer Koss Corp. today reported fiscal 2015 second quarter net income of $165,586, or 2 cents per share, compared with a loss of $3.5 million, or 47 cents lost per share, in the second quarter of 2014.